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Natura Canada says that the government is underestimating logging emissions

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“The logging industry is clearcutting some of the world’s most carbon-rich forests and getting a pass from the government.” This updated figure only further illuminates the extreme variability in the government’s forest carbon accounting numbers,” said Jennifer Skene of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). said Skene.

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Canada is accepting applications for three forest sector programs

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OTTAWA — Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, launched calls for expressions of interest (EOI) and funding proposals for three programs that help support diversification, innovation and competition in the Canadian forest sector.

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UK forests could store almost twice as much carbon as previously thought

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The team found that their results were 77 per cent higher than previous estimates, which could have implications for the role of forests in tackling climate change, with the potential underestimation of forest carbon stocks having both positive and negative consequences for climate policy.

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View from India: Hunt for solutions to save the tiger

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An ongoing scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Project Tiger is India’s commitment towards saving the wildlife and restoring the population of tigers. They are essential for maintaining the ecology of the entire forest-wetland ecosystem. Forests are important water-catchment areas.

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Analysis shows that carbon emissions from forestry are being masked by the Canadian government

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“Canada is taking credit for carbon removal from vast forests that have never been logged as a way of masking emissions,” said Michael Polanyi of Nature Canada, which co-sponsored the report. Environment Canada reports direct emissions for almost all sectors of the economy. The report released on Oct. The result?

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View from India: Elephants are essential for ecological balance

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The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Central Government to consider giving the corridor the status of an eco-sensitive zone, under the Environment Protection Act. The Government of India under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) began an initiative titled Project Elephant in 1992.

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‘Ultra-early’ wildfire detection network installed in Spanish forests

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Dryad’s wireless sensor network will operate deep within forest environments, where the impacts of climate change are more difficult to monitor. The network uses artificial intelligence embedded in the gas sensors to learn and identify the different ‘smells’ of a forest.